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| From the outer border of the floor. Geometric design outlined in black and white against a red background, the individual motives worked in blue, red, green and yellow tesserae.
Cf. A 2104 and A 2105 ... November 1952 ... Mosaic Floor Section |
| From the inner border, surrounding the central (no longer preserved) decoration.
Guilloche bordered by maeander. Black and white for the maeander; the guilloche outlined in black and filled in with red, ... November 1952 ... Mosaic Floor Section |
| Broken all around, but full thickness apparently preserved.
A bedding of rough stones about the size of a man's fist, over which a thick layer of cement has been poured. In this cement flat stones from ... May 1951 ... Mosaic Pavement Fragment |
A: owl (?), right.
B: plain. Entered as coin no. 11, for the day. Above bedrock, and below level of mosaic. Leica ... 11 May 1932 ... Above bedrock, and below level of mosaic. |
Lower part of face preserved.
Pale to orange clay.
Cf. Hesperia 64 (1995), p. 414, n. 21. House of the Greek Mosaic. No useful context. Leica ... 25 June 1964 ... House of the Greek Mosaic. No useful context. |
Hat-shaped ornamental nail head (?), possible cymbal.
Center concave -convex, with everted rim. South house, room 12, N.W. quadrant, strosis with burning above pebble mosaic floor. Leica ... 9 May 1956 ... South house, room 12, N.W. quadrant, strosis with burning above pebble mosaic floor. |
Face and some of chest preserved. Broken behind.
Modelling rough. Some color preserved; white slip, black around eyes, yellow on chest.
Red clay.
Late Roman. On patch of mosaic floor. Leica ... 10 May 1937 ... On patch of mosaic floor. |
| A: a large letter chi (X) in wreath.
Small crescent at upper right.
B: plain. Entered as coin no. 7, for the day. Above bedrock, and below level of mosaic. Leica ... 11 May 1932 ... Above bedrock, and below level of mosaic. |
Fragment from center of plate. Stamped with cross; part of one arm of cross broken away.
Red clay. Thin red wash inside.
Late Roman C Plate. Above mosaic floor. Leica, 2-291 ... 7 May 1932 ... Above mosaic floor. |
Fragment of the rim and upper body. Palmettes above and below broad ridge on rim. Winged figures on body. Roman Bath; late Roman destruction fill in room with mosaic floor. 6067 Leica ... 18 September 1947 ... Roman Bath; late Roman destruction fill in room with mosaic floor. |
| Woman seated to left holding object. In front of her, hand to right holding box and sash. Cistern north of c, House of the Greek Mosaic, lower fill. Cont. T 13. Leica ... 1964 ... Cistern north of c, House of the Greek Mosaic, lower fill. |
Front part of head.
Egg shaped, with no indication of hair (shaven ?). Coarse features, pendulous cheeks, dimple in chin.
Mould-made; hollow. Faint traces of red and white paint.
Pink clay. Just above ... 7 May 1932 ... Just above level of mosaic. |
A single fragment preserves part of underside with start of handle.
Reverse, within a single groove, the signature "ΠΡΕΙΜΟΥ", incised.
Unglazed.
Pale pinkish-buff clay.
Type XXVII of Corinth collection ... 23 June 1947 ... Building E, above mosaic floor. |
| From a closed pot. The claw and part of the tail(?) of a lion's or leopard's skin. Herakles, or maenads? Relief contours.
ADDENDA (Sept. 2020), according to Agora XXX, closed: shape uncertain. On plaster ... 22 February 1935 ... On plaster under mosaic. |
| Chips missing from edge, restored in plaster. Two joining fragments. Domed shape, knob flat on top; traces of glaze.
Pale clay. House of the Greek Mosaic, room s, below floor level, above bedrock. Cont ... July 1964 ... House of the Greek Mosaic, room s, below floor level, above bedrock. |
About one-third preserved including one handle. Completely restored in plaster. Rounded bottom, rolled horizontal handles rising above rim; flaring, flanged rim.
Red clay and slip. House of the Greek ... July 1964 ... House of the Greek Mosaic, room s, above bedrock. |
| Part of the flaring rim of a large pot with downward-slanting lip, stamped with egg pattern on its outer face.
Gray clay, black glaze. Over mosaic floor, east building. Classical to late Hellenistic ... 3-5 April 1934 ... Over mosaic floor, east building. |
Inscribed stone.
Complete. Worn by foot traffic.
Lying face up, full thickeness not determinable. Upper half smoothed for inscription, lower half left rough for insertion into ground.
Hard buff stone or ... 25 July 1971 ... Found built into north wall of Fish Mosaic. |
| Obverse: an eagle left, head turned back, standing.
In field, right, woman holding two torches, Demeter or Artemis. In field left, an inscription.
Reverse: plain.
Thin black wash.
Red fill under late ... 27 February 1935 ... Red fill under late Roman mosaic floor.
Hellenistic with Late Roman disturbance. |
| Part of top, right edge and back preserved.
Forepart of prancing horse, with right leg of nude rider preserved.
In front of the horse, a hole pierced through the plaque, for attachment?
Pentelic marble ... 16 May 1939 ... Modern fill over mosaic floor. |
Ovoid wheel ridged amphora mended from many fragments. Missing parts of wall, neck, and part of one handle. Short conical neck, deep everted rim.
Clay buff with white particles. South House, room 12, ... 9 May 1956 ... South House, room 12, N.W. quadrant, on strosis with burning above pebble mosaic floor. |
Mouth, handle and upper part of body preserved in five joining fragments. Round mouth, grooved handle. Graffito on shoulder.
Dull brown glaze on outside and inside rim. House of the Greek Mosaic, well ... 14 July 1964 ... House of the Greek Mosaic, well in court, j. |
Wall fragment, broken all around.
Lower wall surrounded by at least three series of large water leaves; between tips of uppermost of series, a rosette. In raised characters, on leaves: ] N O [
Buff clay ... 12 May 1932 ... Cistern, mosaic packing. |
| Small piece from the curving wall of a vase.
Part of a wing (?) and the end of a straight band, added in a second layer of glass. Small dots on the wing.
Thin colorless glass. On pebble mosaic floor. Container ... 11 July 1947 ... On pebble mosaic floor. Container 76.
3rd c. |
| Shallow body and flat projecting rim grooved on its upper face.
Iridescent white glass. Dark brown fill over Roman House (Mosaic House) west of Panathenaic Way, room 2.
Late Roman (3rd c. A.D. or later) ... 18 February 1938 ... Dark brown fill over Roman House (Mosaic House) west of Panathenaic Way, room 2.
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| Standing male figure, holding a bird in his extended right hand. Left arm raised, holding something (?).
Short cloak thrown over left shoulder. Wreath on head.
Left arm broken off, but statuette largely ... 9 May 1956 ... South house, room 12, N.W. quadrant, strosis with burning above pebble mosaic. |
Mended from fragments. Missing toe, part of neck. Globular amphora with conical neck, everted rim, and pointed foot. Grooves around body.
Thin brownish glaze, dull. Clay hard, orange, often gray at surface ... 9 May 1956 ... South House, room 12, N.W. quadrant, on strosis with burning above pebble mosaic floor. |
Base and a bit of wall preserved.
On the bottom, surrounded by two raised circles, a six-pointed star. Around the base medallion, six small solid triangles. On the sides, six-petalled daisies, forming ... 12 May 1932 ... Cistern, from mosaic packing down to 1.0m. |
About one-fourth missing from rim and wall. False ring foot, rounded walls, plain lip.
Brown clay; thin grayish-brown glaze on interior. House of the Greek Mosaic, south of f at base of wall. Late 4th.-early ... 17 July 1964 ... House of the Greek Mosaic, south of f at base of wall. |
| A square bottle with narrow neck, flared rim and broad flat handle.
Broken into many fragments, but apparently complete as it lay.
Glass light green to clear. For context see Hesp. 26 (1957), p. 101. South ... 9 May 1956 ... South House, room 12, N.W. quadrant, on strosis with burning above pebble mosaic floor. |
Complete except for part of top of one handle chipped. Moulded ring foot, concave underside; low, compact body, plain spurred handles, moulded rim.
Glaze well preserved over most of vase; reserved rings ... 1964 ... Cistern north of c, House of the Greek Mosaic, lower fill. |
| Head and part of neck missing.
Figure wearing chiton with long over-fold, her left arm hanging at side, right arm raised over breast.
Base flattened and spreading, back unmoulded.
Pinkish-buff clay. Black ... 18 April 1939 ... Black gravelly fill below level of tile mosaic at 7-8/ΛΕ. |
| Broken on both sides and at bottom.
The preserved top edge shows one antefix of an architectural (roof) molding for the relief, similar to the "hero" reliefs.
Preserved is a bearded head, facing, with ... 16 May 1939 ... Modern fill over mosaic floor. |
The nozzle missing.
Pierced handle, double grooved above; raised nodules around the narrow rim, then ridges. A head to the left in relief in the discus. Grooves and ridges on the reverse; cross grooves ... 11 February 1938 ... In late Roman fill over mosaic floor. |
Typical shape; curves rather close to neck.
Coarse, greyish-red clay; yellowish near surface; thick slip.
Impression sharp, but incomplete from shallow setting; apparently doubled. Msc: prob from jar ... 6 May 1932 ... Just above mosaic floor. |
| Wall fragment depicting one leg with red greave; hand and arm hanging down behind leg - warrior being carried off battlefield? Fine style.
Interior red glaze. Ground line stripes also in brownish glaze ... July 1964 ... Pit dug to bedrock west of outside wall of andron a, in House of the Greek Mosaic. Cont. S 12. |
Small token stamped on one side only.
A: Herm on base; the letter gamma (Γ) in field at right, uncertain letter or object at left.
B: plain.
Cf. IL 1026. Similar but not same die.
ADDENDA: according ... 27 February 1935 ... Red fill under Late Roman mosaic floor. |
Mended from many fragments and partially restored in plaster. Many fragments missing. Globular wheel-ridged amphora ending abruptly in narrow toe. Short straight neck with rolled lip.
Large red dipinti ... 9 May 1956 ... South House, room 12, N.W. quadrant, on strosis with burning above pebble mosaic floor. |
| Preserved are two handles and large portions of rim and body; two major sections touch at one point giving complete diameter. Restored in plaster. Shallow, two-handled pan with concave wall and rounded ... 1964 ... Cistern north of c, House of the Greek Mosaic, lower fill. |
| Wall fragment from bell krater. Part of the wheel and floor of a chariot to the right, with the feet and the bottom of the drapery of the occupant. Part of a shield(?) in the chariot, and of a wing(?) ... 7 June 1938 ... Room east of mosaic room, layer II. |
Much missing including neck and handles, except for root of neck and base of one handle. Mended from many pieces. Faint painted inscription on shoulder.
Preserved part very similar to Agora V, pl. 28, ... 1964 ... House of the Greek Mosaic, well in court, j. |
| Fragment of calyx krater with one handle attachment.
In the handle zone, part of a palmette and a double row of dots, black. Above, part of the legs and one foot of a figure, nude, running or falling ... 6 June 1938 ... Mosaic room, north side, layer III. |
| Broken all around.
Veiled woman seated sideways on horse or donkey. She is clothed in chiton and himation, the himation pulled up behind and over the head.
Incised into the background between the legs ... 16 May 1939 ... Modern fill over mosaic floor. |
Small piece of large heavy mould, broken all around, except for small piece of side.
Hind legs and tail of a lion which is standing on the back of another animal, a bull, of which the hindquarters and ... 18 April 1939 ... Black gravelly fill below level of tile mosaic at 7-8/ΛΕ. |
| Rather more than half of the walls preserved; no bottom; strengthened with plaster. Flaring lip, faintly offset.
Radiate long petals cover the walls to about half their height. Between each pair of tips, ... 12 May 1932 ... Cistern, from mosaic packing down to 1.0m. |
| Inscribed slab.
Fragment preserves upper right corner of slab of altar (?) or perhaps, less likely, an horos stone.
Broken on bottom and left side; face smoothed with toothed chisel; right edge top and ... August 1968 ... Found in Roman Bath A 2 built into late wall, at northeast corner of exedra with mosaic floor. |
Broken in many fragments; half the nozzle and fragments of top and bottom missing.
On discus, head of Helios; two filling holes. Rim, plain, out-curved. Handle unpierced and ungrooved. Reverse plain.
From ... 4 April 1939 ... East trench, north half, plundered footing trench of wall to east of marble-chip mosaic floor. |
Handle and parts of discus, rim and left side missing.
Herringbone pattern on rim, spoke motif or Mosaic candle-stick on discus; reverse, circular, with pediform stamp. Fish-tail at base of handle, and ... 13 May 1938 ... Herringbone pattern on rim, spoke motif or Mosaic candle-stick on discus; reverse, circular, with pediform stamp. |
| The stem and center of the floor of a cup. Two scraped grooves around the stem. Part of a seated draped woman, right, a wool-basket in front of her. She wears a thin sleeved chiton with an himation around ... 6 June 1938 ... Room with mosaic floor, north side, layer 2. |
| Knob, part of top surface and rim preserved. Eros to right holding pyxis and sash moves toward woman, nude from waist up, seated to left, holding box and sash. Behind her, heads and arms of two more women ... July 1964 ... Cistern north of c, House of the Greek Mosaic, lower fill. |
| From the side of a cup. Above a broad black band, a lion advances right, front feet raised. Purple for his mane; incision for interior details. In the field to right, part of a large eye, white for its ... 24 March 1934 ... Metroon, Pit Ε, below mosaic packing. |
Wall fragment from an irregulary shaped mould-made object; possibly a lamp rather than a pot? Preserved is a standing female figure from neck to thighs, facing. She wears a chiton with ruffled over-fold ... 4 April 1939 ... East trench, north half, kalikia above marble-chip mosaic floor. |
| Two joining fragments preserve about a quarter of the mold for a circular plaque.
Mold finished with plain raised ledge.
The design seems to be a rosette with broad shallow rounded petals, surrounded by ... 19 June 1939 ... "House C" area; area north of north mosaic: cut through stony fill under stuccoed drain bedding. |
Inscribed base.
Right side, right two-thirds of front and rear one-third of left side intact and finely dressed.
Top edge, where preserved, beveled, and top surface smooth dressed. Rectangular cutting ... 1964 ... Found in house of Greek Mosaic, in room e. |
| Bearded head wearing wreath.
Complete except for chips from nose, wreath and beard.
Two holes in forehead, and one in beard for attachment of head to a box or piece of furniture. Face is cut at edge to ... 9 May 1956 ... South House, room 12, N.W. quadrant, on strosis with burning above pebble mosaic floor. |
Emblem Bowl.
Floor, most of foot, and part of lower wall preserved.
Cup rests on low ridge with raised disk within it; concave underneath.
On floor, two concentric raised disks with grasshopper facing ... Context mostly of 200-150 ... The motif also appears in a mosaic in the palace of Eumenes II at Pergamon (AvP V, i, p. 64, pls. |
| Two pieces of upper part of a candelabrum.
Topmost has leaf pattern directly below flaring rim. Below this is zone of inlaid silver leaves and stems with berrils of silver and some other inlay now missing ... 9 May 1956 ... South house, room 12, N.W. quadrant, strosis with burning above pebble mosaic. |
| Five fragments make up to three and give some of upper wall. Battle scene?
a) Falling figure with shield(?) at left, a tree, and rider at right, facing left.
b) Two riders, birds in field.
c) Tree, drapery(?) ... 9 May 1956 ... South House, room 12, N.W. quadrant, on strosis with burning above pebble mosaic floor. |
| Two joining fragments of bowl, each with part of wall and cut design.
Floral design with stem and leaf ornaments. Two posts at right angles.
Wall of clear glass, now decayed with thick silvery weathering ... 14 May 1956 ... South House, room 12, dirt floor over pebble mosaic floor. |
| Several fragments of lower part of square bottle mended; 15 other fragments not mended.
Sides slightly indented. Out-turned wide rim. On bottom, molded pattern of a swastika enclosed within a triangle, ... 14 May 1956 ... South House, room 12, dirt floor over pebble mosaic floor. |
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